Kleeb campaigns in northeast Nebraska
4:25 PM
By Bret Hayworth Journal staff writer | Posted: Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Two weeks after winning the Nebraska Democratic Party nomination for the U.S. Senate seat determined in November, Scott Kleeb was campaigning Tuesday morning in South Sioux City.
In an interview after he spoke at the Hy-Vee in South Sioux, Kleeb frequently referenced how Nebraskans are concerned about high gas prices, the economy and having health insurance coverage.
"A guy told me he had to take a third job just to pay for fuel prices," said Kleeb, who is running against well-known Republican Mike Johanns. "People are hurting."
Kleeb, a Hastings College instructor, said an "incoherent" national energy policy hasn't resulted in lessening U.S. dependance on foreign oil. He said last week's announcement that the U.S. will stop putting oil aside into the national Strategic Oil Reserve is a welcome short-term step, as would be action investigating whether oil traders engaged in price "gouging" in the run-up to $132 per barrel oil that's resulted in unleaded gas prices of $3.80 per gallon in Siouxland.
For the long-term, Kleeb said more renewable fuels must be developed and individuals and businesses should reduce consumption of fossil fuels.
Kleeb, who also campaigned over Memorial Day weekend in Ewing and Hartington in northeast Nebraska, said there is no military solution in Iraq, so U.S. troops should begin returning home.
Kleeb defeated Democrat Tony Raimondo on a 68-25 percent count on May 13.
Kleeb declined to set a goal for how much money he would seek to raise in order to run a senatorial campaign, but said he would amass "enough money" to run strongly against Johanns, a former Nebraska governor.
Read more of this story Wednesday in the Journal's print edition and online.
In an interview after he spoke at the Hy-Vee in South Sioux, Kleeb frequently referenced how Nebraskans are concerned about high gas prices, the economy and having health insurance coverage.
"A guy told me he had to take a third job just to pay for fuel prices," said Kleeb, who is running against well-known Republican Mike Johanns. "People are hurting."
Kleeb, a Hastings College instructor, said an "incoherent" national energy policy hasn't resulted in lessening U.S. dependance on foreign oil. He said last week's announcement that the U.S. will stop putting oil aside into the national Strategic Oil Reserve is a welcome short-term step, as would be action investigating whether oil traders engaged in price "gouging" in the run-up to $132 per barrel oil that's resulted in unleaded gas prices of $3.80 per gallon in Siouxland.
For the long-term, Kleeb said more renewable fuels must be developed and individuals and businesses should reduce consumption of fossil fuels.
Kleeb, who also campaigned over Memorial Day weekend in Ewing and Hartington in northeast Nebraska, said there is no military solution in Iraq, so U.S. troops should begin returning home.
Kleeb defeated Democrat Tony Raimondo on a 68-25 percent count on May 13.
Kleeb declined to set a goal for how much money he would seek to raise in order to run a senatorial campaign, but said he would amass "enough money" to run strongly against Johanns, a former Nebraska governor.
Read more of this story Wednesday in the Journal's print edition and online.
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